Cal-Maine Foods (CALM) Competitors

Hormel Foods (NYSE:HRL) and Cal-Maine Foods (NASDAQ:CALM) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HRL or CALM?

41.0% of Hormel Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Hormel Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.5% of Cal-Maine Foods shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is HRL or CALM more profitable?

Cal-Maine Foods has a net margin of 16.09% compared to Hormel Foods' net margin of 6.52%. Cal-Maine Foods' return on equity of 24.25% beat Hormel Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hormel Foods	6.52%	11.03%	6.38%
Cal-Maine Foods	16.09%	24.25%	19.69%

Which has better earnings & valuation, HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hormel Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hormel Foods	$12.11B	1.37	$793.57M	$1.42	21.28
Cal-Maine Foods	$2.65B	1.75	$277.89M	$8.73	10.86

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods received 166 more outperform votes than Cal-Maine Foods when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.47% of users gave Hormel Foods an outperform vote while only 53.18% of users gave Cal-Maine Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hormel Foods	Outperform Votes 450 57.47%	Underperform Votes 333 42.53%
Cal-Maine Foods	Outperform Votes 284 53.18%	Underperform Votes 250 46.82%

Do analysts prefer HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods presently has a consensus target price of $31.29, indicating a potential upside of 3.53%. Cal-Maine Foods has a consensus target price of $67.00, indicating a potential downside of 29.31%. Given Hormel Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Hormel Foods is more favorable than Cal-Maine Foods.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hormel Foods	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
Cal-Maine Foods	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is HRL or CALM a better dividend stock?

Hormel Foods pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Cal-Maine Foods pays an annual dividend of $4.07 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Hormel Foods pays out 79.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cal-Maine Foods pays out 46.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 59 consecutive years. Cal-Maine Foods is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility and risk, HRL or CALM?

Hormel Foods has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cal-Maine Foods has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to HRL or CALM?

In the previous week, Hormel Foods had 11 more articles in the media than Cal-Maine Foods. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Hormel Foods and 3 mentions for Cal-Maine Foods. Cal-Maine Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Hormel Foods' score of 0.65 indicating that Cal-Maine Foods is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hormel Foods	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cal-Maine Foods	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Hormel Foods beats Cal-Maine Foods on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.